Oklahoma's Ranking of State Government Web Sites Rises

Marie Price The Journal Record, THE JOURNAL RECORD

Some state government Web sites, including Oklahoma's, are
offering the public more online access to information, but since
Sept. 11 of last year increased attention to security has led to
creation of more restricted-access areas, according to the third
annual "e-government" study by Brown University.

Darrell West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at
Brown, and a team of public policy students reviewed 1,256 state and
federal government sites, evaluating the variety and quality of
electronic services they provide. Each was ranked on a 100-point
scale.

Since last year's study, Oklahoma's ranking has risen 16 places,
from 45th to 29th. Its point score has increased from 33.4 in 2001
to 44.9. Oklahoma was one of eight states whose scores rose more
than 15 spots this year.

States were ranked on issues such as online services, attention
to privacy and security, disability access, foreign language
translation and Web site personalization capabilities, among others.

The most frequent and visible online service was the ability to
file taxes online, offered by 47 states, including Oklahoma. Other
frequently used online services included job applications, driver's
license renewals, hunting and fishing licenses, business licenses,
renewal of car tags and vehicle registrations, permits, birth and
death certificates and the ability to order publications.

For many of these, Oklahoma agencies offer online access to forms
and information, but not the capability of actually applying online. …

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